Gobuckeyes0122
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I know wraps helped but I didn’t realize that much more than sleeves. I know there is a right and wrong way to wrap. Where did you go to learn?
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Perrin Aybara
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I just read online and watched YouTube videos. Best to preroll them very tightly. Then starting a couple inches below the knee and wrapping outwards (away from your body on each side) cover your knee and a couple inches above (usually takes me four revolutions around the knee) and then start making X's over your kneecap until you run out of wrap and then just pull it under and through. You want to have equal revolutions on each side and be as tight as possible. Like you shouldn't even be able to tolerate having them on even a minute after your set. A good pair should get you 50+ pounds like this.
Wraps add a pretty strong effect similar to the body's own stretch reflex. This is why some (most?) consider wrapped lifts to be "geared" lifts (begin holy war here).
Sleeves on the other hand, mainly serve to keep the knees of old folks like me from getting cold.
Perrin Aybara
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222lbs
Overhead press 135lbs + red bands 15x3
Pin squats 410x3, 460x3, 415x3, 415x3, 415x3
Long paused bench 225lbs for 5x5 still no pain
Face pulls 5x15
Chin ups 14, 10, 10
Adductors and abductors with bands 3x20
Overhead press 135lbs + red bands 15x3
Pin squats 410x3, 460x3, 415x3, 415x3, 415x3
Long paused bench 225lbs for 5x5 still no pain
Face pulls 5x15
Chin ups 14, 10, 10
Adductors and abductors with bands 3x20
Sleeves do help keep my shitty old knees stable (and warm) so that I can squat or deadlift with little to no pain due to the kneecap being kept in place (my right kneecap pretty much just floats around). I have gotten decent results with them vs trying to squat or dead without.
I may try wraps as well so might not need those real long ones.
Rippetoe uses them for similar reasons. Missing a few things in his knees as well.
Perrin Aybara
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I went to the gym Thursday and Friday, just didn't log. Had to rearrange my schedule a bit for work. Going out of state for three days tomorrow and did tomorrow's day today rather than trying to find a gym out of town.
223lbs
Beltless speed squats with bands 370lbs for 10x2 looped the bands an extra time for more tension than usual
Sumo block pull 495x2, 585x2, 635x2, 675x2 PR
Beltless 5 count paused squats 300x3, 300x3, 300x3, 335x3, 335x3
223lbs
Beltless speed squats with bands 370lbs for 10x2 looped the bands an extra time for more tension than usual
Sumo block pull 495x2, 585x2, 635x2, 675x2 PR
Beltless 5 count paused squats 300x3, 300x3, 300x3, 335x3, 335x3
insaiyan93
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Strong work man.
Perrin Aybara
Master
Thank you, sir.
Perrin Aybara
Master
225lbs
Overhead press 185x2, 205x2, 225x2 PR, 195x2, 195x2, 195x2, 195x2, 195x5
Front squat 295x3, 315x3, 335x1, 315x2 Didn't feel heavy, just couldn't keep from dropping the bar at 315+. Probably gonna drop these for something else because the not being able to hold the bar up is keeping any progression from happening.
Long paused bench 245lbs for 5x5 still no pain, next week trying 275lbs
Face pulls 5x15
Chin ups 3x12
Adductors and abductors with bands 3x20
Overhead press 185x2, 205x2, 225x2 PR, 195x2, 195x2, 195x2, 195x2, 195x5
Front squat 295x3, 315x3, 335x1, 315x2 Didn't feel heavy, just couldn't keep from dropping the bar at 315+. Probably gonna drop these for something else because the not being able to hold the bar up is keeping any progression from happening.
Long paused bench 245lbs for 5x5 still no pain, next week trying 275lbs
Face pulls 5x15
Chin ups 3x12
Adductors and abductors with bands 3x20
Gobuckeyes0122
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Maybe I’m wrong but I read somewhere that adductor and abductor work with heavy weights and be bad for your back bc they don’t actually work the right muscle
If your using the machines. Now your using bands so it might be different and I might have been mistaken. Have you ever heard this? I’ll try to find the article and post it here.
Gobuckeyes0122
Well-known Member
I can’t find the exact one I read but this one has some info about it.
5 Exercise Machines You Should Never Use at the Gym | HuffPost
5 Exercise Machines You Should Never Use at the Gym | HuffPost
For really reals?
yeah man, adductor/abductor work isnt bad for you. its something you dont want to "max out" on, for sure. but hypethrophy range is optimal.
Gobuckeyes0122
Well-known Member
I can’t find the first one I read lmao
No worries... I get all my nutritional info from TeenVogue.
Glad im not the only one around here that does!
Their article on "'3 things to avoid if you cant stop farting in class" saved me this semester
Perrin Aybara
Master
Besides hamstring curls I don't use anything that forces me into an unnatural range of motion. There's really no other options at my gym for that, but generally I stay off machines.
Is there a good substitute for lying hamstring curls? All my gym has, mostly, is free weights. I've been using the cage, low pully and just do one leg at a time just bending at the knee.
Sorry to drop a random question in your thread PA. Good work with the ohp btw!
Sorry to drop a random question in your thread PA. Good work with the ohp btw!
Perrin Aybara
Master
Thanks and it's all good. I've seen a hammer strength hamstring curl machine on YouTube that looked pretty cool. I guess you could drag a bench to the cables and lie down and do them, too.
